Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 4:3
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“Like a scarlet ribbon, your lips, etc. The lips of the bride are compared to scarlet because the Church ceaselessly proclaims the price of the Lord's blood by which it was redeemed; but it continually sings: But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians XIV). And it should be n…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely: Like the rind of a pomegranate Is thy cheek without thy veil.
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In context
1Behold, thou art fair, my companion; Behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves, Beside thy veil: Thy hair is as flocks of goats, That have appeared from Gilead.
2Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, That have gone up from the washing; All of them bearing twins, And there is not a barren one among them.
— Song of Solomon 4:3 —
4Thy neck is as the tower of David, That was built for an armory: A thousand shields hang upon it, And all darts of mighty men.
5Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, That feed among the lilies.